Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | View up valley |
| Date | August 12, 1935 |
| Description | Photograph shows a valley on a state location near a school in section 2Z of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Edward H. Abbuehl on August 12, 1935. |
| Commentary | This view represents the original site that the National Park Service planned for the final section of the parkway. The Eastern Band of Cherokee rejected this plan, as the road would run through valued farmland on the reservation. |
| Location |
Location Name: Cherokee Indian Reservation Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.4742656
Longitude: -83.3148742 |
| Creator Individual | Edward H. Abbuehl |
| Tags |
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina Landscape Photographs |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
